The Zimmerman Thunder’s first three state cross country qualifiers had respectable showings on Saturday, and all three are underclassmen with a chance to return. Nicole Jurik, a junior, placed 108th in 15:47.8, in Class AA girls at St. Olaf College in Northfied. Connor Gagne placed 126t...Read More

by Bruce Strand, Sports editor For the first time, all four schools covered by the Star News have entrants in the state cross country meet being held today, Saturday, Nov. 2, at St. Olaf College in Northfield. That includes the first three state qualifiers in Zimmerman’s third-year prog...Read More

In its third year of cross country, Zimmerman has its first state entrants. In fact, three of them. Thunder sophomores Connor Gagne and Jordan Jeandron and junior Nicole Jurik all qualified at the Section 7AA meet on Thursday at Cloquet Country Club. Gagne placed 11th (16:47) and Jeandron 12th (16:4...Read More

The Spectrum boys and girls each placed first in a small cross country meet at Princeton to open the season on Thursday. The Spectrum boys won on a tie-breaker. The Sting and St. Cloud Christian each had 54 points, with Braham, Heritage Christian and United North Central following. The Sting ...Read More

The Zimmmerman cross country season ended at the Section 7AA meet Thursday as the Thunder girls placed 12th and the boys 16th, among 16 schools, at Princeton Golf Club. “The team ran real well. We finished a little short of where we hoped but we ran well,” said coach Mike Back. Ni...Read More

Zimmerman runners Nikki Jurik and Meghan Tillman each earned all-conference honors as the Thunder girls placed seventh and the boys eighth at the Granite Ridge Conference meet Tuesday in Princeton. “I could not be happier for Meghan and Nikki. These two athletes work so hard, and it is nic...Read More

The Zimmerman girls placed fifth among 9 teams and the boys were sixth among 10 teams at the Albany Invitational on Thursday. The girls had a complete team for the first time all year after six meets as an “incomplete” not counted in team standings. Nikki Jurik was 7th in 16:3 2and Meg...Read More

Zimmerman cross country participated in the Buffalo Invitational on Thursday. “Our boys were last in the 15-team meet, but many of the boys ran great races,” commented coach Michael Bach. Tyler Asmus was 51st in 18:34 and Chase Laxdal was 60th in 18:45. In the girls race, Nikki Jurik was...Read More